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Sales The Most Important Profession in Our Lives
Friday, July 6, 2012, 4:26 AM
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The next time you encounter any sales person, remember that they are a very important in person in almost everything you own or buy in your life.
Our host listened very intently and when the woman was through with her rant, she asked him for his perspective. A salesman himself, he replied "We have with us the head of our entire sales division seated two people down from you. I would defer to him to reply to your comments regarding sales people." After biting my tongue and remembering that tact and diplomacy would be needed given my current surroundings and the audience in attendance, I took a moment to form an intelligent and coherent reply.
Clearly upset by my response, the lady retorted,Cheap Eli Manning Jersey, "The most important profession in the world? There are far better professions than sales in this world. Sales people rank down there with all the other bottom feeders." I asked her to name a better profession. Thinking about it for a while, she announced that a doctor had to be the highest level of professionalism. Given her response, I reminded her that even a doctor wouldn't be a doctor without sales doing their job first. "Let me ask you," I said, "did you arrive here in an automobile tonight? Do you have food in your refrigerator at home? Do you have clothes in your closets? Do you have a house? Is it full of furniture? Do you own a TV?"
Some years ago,Cheap Ricky Williams Jersey, I was invited to an executive dinner party at the home of our chief executive officer. One of the wives was engaged in a serious discussion about sales people with our host. Her critique was that all sales people, regardless of what they sell, are not trustworthy; they concern themselves only with earning commissions; they do not help their customers, etc.
Unfortunately, many people have a negative view of sales people. But, think about this: if every sales person stopped selling their products or services for just ONE day, our entire economy would fail immediately. Without the feed mill that sells seed to the farmer to grow his crop, who then sells his crop to market,Cheap Chris Ivory Jersey, or the grocer who puts the food on their shelves for us to buy, we would not have food to eat. This is true with all the items, products and services we take for granted and consume every day.
I explained to her that even a Doctor who went to school for 13-15 years couldn't have completed even their first year of studies until sales got involved to sell the University the books and other materials needed for the student to complete their medical studies. She would not have the car, the clothes, food, the TV, or anything else until a sale was consummated prior to her purchasing such needed items.
I began by stating that selling is the most important profession in the world. More importantly, sales people are not born into the profession, they are made. Successful sales people are constantly trained by their managers, or they must engage in self-improvement their entire career on how to be the most outstanding sales person that they can be.
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